PHILIPPINES TOLL:
The main earthquake has been followed by more than 2,100 aftershocks, while a body was pulled from a supermarket, lifting the toll to 46
AP and AFP, GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines
Dozens of rescuers in hard hats yesterday scrambled out of a partially collapsed supermarket in a southern Philippine city as it was rattled by an aftershock from a powerful earthquake that left at least 46 people dead and 17 missing in the region.A safety officer blew his whistle and others screamed to warn about 30 firefighters and coast guard personnel to dash to safety as concrete debris crashed down from the leaning three-story building in General Santos city in a frantic scene witnessed by a video journalist.The coastal city, a bustling commercial hub and the country’s tuna capital, was devastated by a magnitude 7.8 earthquake that hit on Monday and left a trail of destruction across southern Mindanao, the Philippines’ second-most populous region.
Workers yesterday clear debris from a landslide triggered by a magnitude 7.8 quake in Barangay Kapatan, Philippines.
